I have often pondered this in my head, somehow I think you may be driving with your VC locked the whole way if you removed your drive shaft. I could be wrong with my theory but, if there VC is speed dependant when it locks then 0km/h + 100km/h = locked VC, if there is nothing spinning the input due to no drive shaft and the out put is spinning away due to driving then wouldn't it lock? Personally I wouldn't worry about it. Volkswagen drove a Syncro around the Germany with no rear axles, making it a front wheel drive for the whole trip. Supposededly no problems after doing that kind of abuse. Just my confused 0.02 worth. At 19:12 12/04/1999 -0300, Malcolm Stebbins wrote: >I am planning a long trip - Nova Scotia to Arizona - and back this >summer. I have no plans for needing the 4WD except for maybe 2 >weeks in Arizona and New Mexico. My questions are: > >1) would you recommend removing the front drive shaft for the trip > (I can carry it with me and reinstall if/when I need it). > >2) Any damage in driving long periods w/o the front drive shaft? > (my goal is to save the wear and tear on the VC and drive shaft > if not needed) > >Yes, I have the posts about removing and re-installing the front >drive shaft. Thanks, Malcolm S > > -- David Marshall - Vanagon List Admin - Quesnel, BC, Canada -- -- 78 VW Rabbit, 80 VW Caddy, 87 Audi 5KSQ, 85 VW Cabriolet -- -- 88 2.0L VW Syncro Double Cab, WANTED: VW / Bombardier Iltis -- -- David's Volkswagen Home Page http://www.volkswagen.org -- -- Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning http://www.fastforward.ca -- -- david@volkswagen.org (pmail) or vanagon@volkswagen.org (list) -- |
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